Clock face and hand



2 March 29, 1932. E, R FEWELL 1,851,824

CLOCK FACE AND HAND Filed Sept. 24, 1927 ifiifazm il w INVENTOR ATTO R NEY Patented Mar. 29, 1932 UNITED STATES ERNEST BOY FEWELL, OF RED HOUSE,WEST VIRGINIA CLOCK FACE AND HAND Application fi1ed September 24, 1927.Serial No. 221,767.

This invention relates to clocks and has for its object the provision ofa clock dial with which is associated a single hand, the dial and handbeing so constructed that the time may be quickly and easily ascertainedat a glance while obviating the use of two hands.

An important object is the provision of a clock face or dial which hasinscribed thereon an inner circular series of circles within which areinscribed the numerals running from one to twelve and designating thehours of the day, the face being further provided with an outer circledivided into graduations designating minutes, every fifth graduationbeing prolonged somewhat and every tenth graduation being additionallyprolonged and having adjacent thereto the numeral designating the numberof minutes, the invention further including the use of a single handformed intermediate its ends with a circular opening through which thehour indicia are visible and successively carrying at its outer end apointer moving over the minute graduations and the outer end beingfurther provided with an opening through which the indicia adjacent thelonger graduations may be readily seen.

A further object is the provision of a hand which has its end oppositethe indicating end formed as a knob which will counterbalance the weightof the indicating end so as to insure smooth and easy movement whichwill conduce to greater accuracy.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive, efficient, durable in service, anda general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and ad vantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing inwhich the figure shows a face view of the dial and hand associatedtherewith.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 designatesthe dial or face and 11 designates the hand which is secured to the hourarbor of the clock mechanism, not shown. The dial is provided with aninner circular series of circles 12 within which are inscribed numeralsranging from 1 to 12 and designating the hours of the day in theordinary manner. The dial has further inscribed thereon adjacent itsouter edge, a pair of concentric circles 13 between which are drawngraduations indicating minutes. It will be observed that every fifthgraduation is prolonged slightly to extend inwardly of the inner circle13, every 10th graduation is prolonged still more, the thirtiethgraduation is prolonged additionally, and every sixtieth graduation isprolonged still more and extends radially toward the center of theassociate circle 12. Every fifth graduation had adjacent thereto anumber designating the number of minutes, as clearly shown in thedrawing.

The hand 11 has the end opposite its indicating end formed as a knob 14which counterbalances the weight of the indicating end so as to effectsmooth and easy movement. Intermediate its ends the hand has formedtherein a circular hole 15 which registers with the successive circles12 as the difierent hours are I reached and the numbers within thecircles are of course visible through the hole 15. The outer end of thehand has formed thereon a point 16 which travels over the innermost oneof the concentric circles 13 and which points to the exact minute pastthe hour. The outer portion of the hand is widened, as shown, and asformed with an elongated opening 17 through which the numbersdesignating the minutes are clearly visible. In this way it will be seenthat when a certain hour numeral is visible through the hole 15 the hourof the day is easily visible and stands forth conspicuously and in thesame way which every minute designating number or numeral is visiblethrough the opening 17 clearly sets forth the nearest five minutes, thepoint 16 indicating the exact individual minute.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawing it will beapparent that I have thus provided a clock dial or face and hand whichcooperate to enable one to ascertain the time accurately while obviatingthe making it possible to simplify the mechanism of a clock for thereason that only'one hand is, provided and must be driven.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is of course tobe understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A device of the characterset forth including a dial having an inner circularseriesof numbersdesignating hours and provided adjacent the outer edge thereof withgraduations designating minutes, a rotatable hand movable over the dialand having a circular opening intermediate the ends thereof to encirclethe hour numbers successively for attracting an obs'ervers eyes to aparticular hour according to the position of the hand on the. dial saidhand having an oblong slot adjacent its free end to move over the minutegraduations, oppositely disposed projections formed on the hand withinthe ends of the slot and adapted to align with the minute graduationsduring movement of'the hand relative. to the dial, and a projection atthe free end of the hand and aligning with the first named projections,said projections 00- operating with the opening to permit the ob.-server to easily determine the time. by the position of the handrelative to the dial.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ERNEST BOY FEWELL.

